7 Top horror books like Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3) by Jeff VanderMeer

Cover of Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3) by Jeff VanderMeer

Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

By: Jeff VanderMeer

3.64

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

It is winter in Area X, the mysterious wilderness that has defied explanation for thirty years, reb…

"What does the border look like?"

-Jeff VanderMeer, Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

"I hope to find Area X in Area X."

-Jeff VanderMeer, Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

"The time for expeditions was over."

-Jeff VanderMeer, Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

"Was this first contact, or last contact?"

-Jeff VanderMeer, Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

If you liked the horror plot in Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3) by Jeff VanderMeer , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1) by William Gibson

1. Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

By: William Gibson

3.89

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

Hotwired to the leading edges of art and technology, Neuromancer is a cyberpunk, science fiction ma… read more

Similar categories in William Gibson's Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1) book and Jeff VanderMeer's Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Boy, I was daid."

-William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

"Things aren't different. Things are things."

-William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

"Don't let the little fuckers generation gap you."

-William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

"If god made anything better, he kept it for himself"

-William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

Cover of Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3) by Jeff VanderMeer

2. Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

By: Jeff VanderMeer

3.64

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

It is winter in Area X, the mysterious wilderness that has defied explanation for thirty years, reb… read more

Similar categories in Jeff VanderMeer's Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3) book and Jeff VanderMeer's Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

  • weird fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"What does the border look like?"

-Jeff VanderMeer, Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

"I hope to find Area X in Area X."

-Jeff VanderMeer, Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

"The time for expeditions was over."

-Jeff VanderMeer, Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

"Was this first contact, or last contact?"

-Jeff VanderMeer, Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

Cover of Roadside Picnic by Theodore Sturgeon, Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, Antonina W. Bouis, None

3. Roadside Picnic

By: Theodore Sturgeon , Arkady Strugatsky , Boris Strugatsky , Antonina W. Bouis , None

4.14

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger,… read more

Similar categories in Theodore Sturgeon's Roadside Picnic book and Jeff VanderMeer's Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"Keep your head high,"

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"Los halagos son el bálsamo de los complejos."

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"You need money so you don’t have to think about money."

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"Щастие за всички даром и нека никой да не бъде пренебрегнат!"

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

Cover of The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, Lech Jęczmyk

4. The Left Hand of Darkness

By: Ursula K. Le Guin , Lech Jęczmyk

4.10

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human… read more

Similar categories in Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness book and Jeff VanderMeer's Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"The king was pregnant."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

"Truth is a matter of the imagination."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

"The light is the left hand of darkness"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

"Science fiction is not prescriptive; it is descriptive."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

Cover of The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2) by Liu Cixin, Joel Martinsen

5. The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)

By: Liu Cixin , Joel Martinsen

4.41

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

This is the second novel in "Remembrance of Earth’s Past", the near-future trilogy written by China… read more

Similar categories in Liu Cixin's The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2) book and Jeff VanderMeer's Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) by Martha Wells

6. All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

By: Martha Wells

4.15

Format: 144 pages, ebook

"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure." In a corporate-dominated space-farin… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) book and Jeff VanderMeer's Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"On the entertainment feed, this is what they call an “oh shit"

-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

"If the humans see me actually doing my job, it helps keep suspicions from forming about faulty governor modules."

-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

"They don't give murderbots decent education modules on anything except murdering, even those are cheap versions."

-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

"I liked the imaginary people on the entertainment feed way more than I liked real ones, but you can’t have one without the other."

-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

Cover of Perdido Street Station (Bas-Lag, #1) by China Miéville

7. Perdido Street Station (Bas-Lag, #1)

By: China Miéville

3.80

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies the city of New Crobuzon, where th… read more

Similar categories in China Miéville's Perdido Street Station (Bas-Lag, #1) book and Jeff VanderMeer's Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Blindsight (Firefall, #1) by Peter Watts

8. Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

By: Peter Watts

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two months since the stars fell... Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched a… read more

Similar categories in Peter Watts's Blindsight (Firefall, #1) book and Jeff VanderMeer's Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"Evolution has no foresight. Complex machinery develops its own agendas. Brains — cheat. Feedback loops evolve to promote stable heartbeats and then stumble upon the temptation of rhythm and music. Th…"

-Peter Watts, Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

Cover of The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1) by Ken Liu, Liu Cixin

9. The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

By: Ken Liu , Liu Cixin

4.08

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals in… read more

Similar categories in Ken Liu's The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1) book and Jeff VanderMeer's Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"It’s easy to be led to the abyss."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

"Your lack of fear is based on your ignorance."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

"Intellectuals always make a fuss about nothing."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

"A woman should be like water, able to flow over and around anything."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

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10. The Fisherman

By: John Langan

3.91

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reser… read more

Similar categories in John Langan's The Fisherman book and Jeff VanderMeer's Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

  • weird fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You can make an oyster surrender its pearl,"

-John Langan, The Fisherman

"Have you ever been so scared of something you move toward it, try to touch it, that kind of thing?"

-John Langan, The Fisherman

Cover of House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

11. House of Leaves

By: Mark Z. Danielewski

4.09

Format: 710 pages, Paperback

A young family moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly w… read more

Similar categories in Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves book and Jeff VanderMeer's Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"I must read. I must read. I must read."

-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

"Do not entrust your future to the limits of your stride."

-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

"Knowledge is hot water on wool. It shrinks time and space."

-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

"Sublime is something you choke on after a shot of tequila."

-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

Cover of Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3) by Ken Liu, Liu Cixin

12. Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)

By: Ken Liu , Liu Cixin

4.42

Format: 604 pages, Hardcover

With The Three-Body Problem, English-speaking readers got their first chance to experience the mult… read more

Similar categories in Ken Liu's Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3) book and Jeff VanderMeer's Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Time is the cruelest force of all."

-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)

"We’re going to advance! Advance! We’ll stop at nothing to advance!"

-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)

"Ignorance and weakness is not an impediment to survival. Arrogance is."

-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)

"Life reached an evolutionary milestone when it climbed onto land from the ocean, but those first fish that climbed onto land ceased to be fish."

-Ken Liu, Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)

Cover of Dune Messiah (Dune, #2) by Frank Herbert

13. Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

By: Frank Herbert

3.89

Format: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Book Two in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles--the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time … read more

Similar categories in Frank Herbert's Dune Messiah (Dune, #2) book and Jeff VanderMeer's Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"One moment of incompetence can be fatal."

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

"What the eyes had seen could not be erased."

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

"Cynicism! That, no doubt is a greater crime than heresy."

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

"Truth suffers from too much analysis. -Ancient Fremen Saying"

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

Cover of Children of Dune (Dune, #3) by Frank Herbert

14. Children of Dune (Dune, #3)

By: Frank Herbert

3.96

Format: 609 pages, Paperback

Book three in Frank Herbert's magnificent Dune Chronicles--one of the most significant sagas in the… read more

Similar categories in Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (Dune, #3) book and Jeff VanderMeer's Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Every judgment teeters on the brink of error,"

-Frank Herbert, Children of Dune (Dune, #3)

"Most deadly errors arise from obsolete assumptions."

-Frank Herbert, Children of Dune (Dune, #3)

"The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion."

-Frank Herbert, Children of Dune (Dune, #3)

"The joy of living, its beauty is all bound up in the fact that life can surprise you."

-Frank Herbert, Children of Dune (Dune, #3)

Cover of What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1) by T. Kingfisher

15. What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

By: T. Kingfisher

3.89

Format: 165 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones comes a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edg… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1) book and Jeff VanderMeer's Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You shouldn't joke about fairies."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"The dead don’t walk. Except, sometimes, when they do."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"Most of us go to the Devil without him having to personally oversee things."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"I had a strong urge to step back from them, and an even stronger urge to poke them with a stick."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

Cover of This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar

16. This Is How You Lose the Time War

By: Amal El-Mohtar

3.88

Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition

Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before … read more

Similar categories in Amal El-Mohtar's This Is How You Lose the Time War book and Jeff VanderMeer's Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Atlantis sinks. Serves it right."

-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War

"And everyone is alive, somewhere in time."

-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War

"All the stars are eyes here, always seeking."

-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War

"I would rather break the world than lose you."

-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War

Cover of Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3) by Martha Wells

17. Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

By: Martha Wells

4.26

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

SciFi’s favorite antisocial A.I. is again on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCr… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3) book and Jeff VanderMeer's Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I was tired of pretending to be human. I needed a break."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

"Pretending bad things aren’t happening is not a great survival strategy."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

"I hate caring about stuff. But apparently once you start, you can't just stop."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

"I didn’t want to see helpless humans. I’d rather see smart ones rescuing each other."

-Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

Cover of A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1) by Becky  Chambers

18. A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)

By: Becky Chambers

None

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

ASIN B08H831J18 moved to the more recent edition Centuries before, robots of Panga gained self-a… read more

Similar categories in Becky Chambers's A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1) book and Jeff VanderMeer's Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

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Jeff VanderMeer

3.64

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4.14

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